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his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”
Mark 8:36, 37
. Christ must abide in the heart by faith. His word is
the bread of life and the water of salvation. Trust in its fullness comes
to us through constant communion with God. By eating the flesh and
drinking the blood of Christ we gain spiritual strength. Christ supplies
the lifeblood of the heart, and Christ and the Holy Spirit give nerve
power. Begotten again unto a lively hope, imbued with the quickening
power of a new nature, the soul is enabled to rise higher and still higher.
Paul’s prayer to God for the Ephesians was, “That He would grant you,
according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might
by His Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts
by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to
comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth,
and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge,
that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.”
Ephesians 3:16-19
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The blessing of grace is given to men that the heavenly universe
and the fallen world may see as they could not otherwise, the perfection
of Christ’s character. The Great Physician came to our world to show
men and women that through His grace they may so live that in the
great day of God they can receive the precious testimony, “Ye are
complete in Him.”
Physicians are to reveal the attributes of Christ, steadfastly perse-
vering in the work God has given them to do. To those who do this
work in faithfulness, angels are commissioned to give enlarged views
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of the character and work of Christ and His power, grace, and love.
Thus they become partakers of His image, and day by day grow up to
the full stature of men and women in Christ. It is the privilege of the
children of God to have a constantly enlarging comprehension of truth,
that they may bring love for God and heaven into the work, and draw
from others thanksgiving to God because of the richness of His grace.
We have reason for everlasting gratitude to God in that He has left
us a perfect example. Every Christian should strive to earnestly follow
in the footsteps of the Saviour. We should offer grateful praise and
gratitude for giving us such a mighty helper, a safeguard against every
temptation, against every species of impropriety in thought, deed, and
word.
Our only security against falling into sin is to keep ourselves con-
tinually under the molding influence of the Holy Spirit, at the same